Choosing Democracy

Jeff Bryant Without doubt the poster person for the reform movement has been ex-chancellor of the Washington, D.C. publ...

The Black Parallel School Board  Southeast Village Neighborhood Association Presents A Community Forum featuring ...

Opinion: On the road to school success - Michael Hancock and Kevin Johnson and Angel Taveras and Julián Castro - POLITICO.com Interesting....

Sacramento City Unified Superintendent Jonathon Raymond has resigned.  He will leave the district in December. Raymond was ...

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: The Government is Open. Now Fight for Just Gover... : The Government is Open: Now fight for Just Governme...

“Sitting on the Pavement, Thinking About the Government” – What if we default on our debt?   (Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick ...

by Editorial Board. Rethinking Schools No single policy reflects the bankruptcy of current education reform politics more than the m...

Valuable new report from California Budget Project. Rising to the Challenge: Why Greater Investment in K-12 Education Matters for Califor...

The Charter School Mistake Diane Ravitch Date of Source:  Tuesday, October 1, 2013 Los Angeles Times ...

by Jeff Bryant. Scores on the SAT –  “the nation’s most widely used”  college entrance exam – made news headlines recently, and the aver...

Jose Montoya, Sacramento poet, activist and  artist. RIP. –  Ally, Friend, Teacher.  Jose Montoya, artist and act...

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again? | The Nation

Definitely go out and buy  Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to Americas Public Schools   by Diane R...

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Tim Wise- Anti Racism scholar to speak at Sac Stat... : Tim Wise Lecture- Sep. 19- CSUS-University Union: S...

An Evening with Diane Ravitch, educational blogger and author Memorial Auditorium 1515 J Street, Sacamento, CA  95814 Friday, Sept....

by Jeff Bryant,  Earlier this year, spontaneous rebellions against top-down mandates and budget cuts inflicted on public...

Mismatches in Race to the Top Limit Educational Improvement: Lack of Time, Resources, and Tools to Address Opportunity Gaps Puts Lofty Stat...

Diane Ravitch: School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools Excerpt They assert that the best way to save ...

AB 484 Now Goes to Governor's Desk for Signature SACRAMENTO—Legislation that would move California assessments into an era of criti...